Vapor-burner



A. STEVENS..

VAPOR BURNER.

(Model.)

No. 284,085. Patented Aug. 28, 18813.

fiweizfazi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT STEVENS, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,085, datedAugustQS, 1883,

(Mulch) [0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, A. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residingat Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Lamp-Burners for Burning Goal-Oil Gas, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lamp-burners which burn gasgenerated from coal-oil or any of the products of petroleum, the gasbeing generated by the heat of the burner.

The object of my improvement is to obtain a clearer and larger flamethan has heretofore been produced from coal-oil. I attain this objcct inthe manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of the entire burner, and Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same.

The oil, which is kept in a reservoir above the burner, enters atA andpasses into the receptacle B, which is filled with sand to filter theoil. It then passes through a small orifice into the receptacle O,whichis filled with sponge to keep the sand from passing through into theburner, and to further purify the oil. After soaking through the spongethe oil passes into the receptacle D, which is the gas-generator. Thewall a of the generator is kept very hot by the flame from thejet-orifice b striking it, and this heat converts the oil into gas whichpasses down into the tube G, then through the small-orifice or valve 0into the tube E, and out at the small orifice b where it is ignited. Thegas forces the flame forward against the wall a of the generator, andthe heat thus produced generates the gas, as above stated. The flameafter striking against the generator at a ,spreads along the wholelength of the bar E which is placed in front of the jet-orifice b forthat purpose, and which adds greatly to the illuminating power. The flowof gas can be regulated by turning the screw cut-off or reg ulator H. Tostart a light the orifice or valve 0 is opened which allows the oil toflow through and out of the jet-orifice b, and from there down into thecup K where it is ignited, and

the heat thus produced will start the flow of gas, after which the gaswill be produced in the generator D, as above described, and the supplyof oil to the cup K will cease.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vapor burner and generator, the easing herein having thecommunicating compartments B C D, as described, tube G, connecting withcompartment D, and tube or bu rner E, having regulator H, in combinationwith the bar F, arranged between the jet-orifice and generator, and cupK, substantially as de scribed.

H 2. The combination, in a vapor-burner, of the filtering-chambers B Cwith the vaporchamber D, as described.

3. In a vapor burner and generator, the combination of the casingdivided into three compartments, and having the inlet-pipe, withfeed-tube G, and burner E, having the regu- ALBERT srnvnns.

WVitnesses':

M. D. SNYDER, P. G. Ross.

